antiaircraft
1 of 2adjective
an·ti·air·craft ˌan-tē-ˈer-ˌkraft 
ˌan-ˌtī-
: designed for or concerned with defense against air attack
antiaircraft
2 of 2noun
: antiaircraft guns or their fire
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 The defense ministry in Japan has also moved troops, antiaircraft artillery and surface-to-ship missile defense batteries to the country’s southern islands, some of which are close to Taiwan. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The latest example is the delivery of the Gepard antiaircraft tank, which lacked the required ammunition for action. Ralph Gert Schöllhammer, WSJ, 22 May 2022 News came in through someone’s social media feed that Ukrainian antiaircraft missiles had prevented a rocket attack in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, where a fierce Ukrainian counteroffensive is attempting to reverse Russian gains. Max Bearak, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 At a hangar at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, where antiaircraft missiles were placed near the tarmac, Mr. Biden addressed the humanitarian fallout from the fighting while meeting his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, there. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 Also in the Kherson region, Ukraine claimed to have used antiaircraft missiles to shoot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet that had planned to attack its planes. Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Western heavy weapons are starting to have an effect on the battlefield but urged speedier deliveries, particularly of antiaircraft systems, as Russia continued lobbing missiles into Ukrainian cities. Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 July 2022 Administration officials said on Monday that Mr. Biden would send advanced antiaircraft systems to Ukraine, and NATO announced plans to raise the number of troops stationed in Eastern Europe and vastly increase the troops ready for rapid deployment. New York Times, 27 June 2022 See More
Noun
Parents lifted their children to peer into the charred remains of personnel carriers and antiaircraft units. Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 The defense ministry in Japan has also moved troops, antiaircraft artillery and surface-to-ship missile defense batteries to the country’s southern islands, some of which are close to Taiwan. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The latest example is the delivery of the Gepard antiaircraft tank, which lacked the required ammunition for action. Ralph Gert Schöllhammer, WSJ, 22 May 2022 News came in through someone’s social media feed that Ukrainian antiaircraft missiles had prevented a rocket attack in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, where a fierce Ukrainian counteroffensive is attempting to reverse Russian gains. Max Bearak, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 At a hangar at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, where antiaircraft missiles were placed near the tarmac, Mr. Biden addressed the humanitarian fallout from the fighting while meeting his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, there. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 Also in the Kherson region, Ukraine claimed to have used antiaircraft missiles to shoot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet that had planned to attack its planes. Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Western heavy weapons are starting to have an effect on the battlefield but urged speedier deliveries, particularly of antiaircraft systems, as Russia continued lobbing missiles into Ukrainian cities. Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 July 2022 Administration officials said on Monday that Mr. Biden would send advanced antiaircraft systems to Ukraine, and NATO announced plans to raise the number of troops stationed in Eastern Europe and vastly increase the troops ready for rapid deployment. New York Times, 27 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1911, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1915, in the meaning defined above